Congrats! Great to see you are still at it.

Yes, that could be another possibility.

True, best not to blame. I am simply so surprised at the error. The book is beautifully written and produced otherwise. And I agree the author or an editor should have noticed it too. Almost like the error was intentional.

Or maybe the indexer was overruled. That happens too. But surely this is an error easily recognized, once pointed out?

I'm surprised, as that seems like information that should be common knowledge or would be easy to fact check.

I'm also not sure what to think about the indexer. I mean, they followed the text (a good practice), but also apparently failed to flag the mistake (also a good practice).

#IndexSky

Christ is Risen!

A beautiful sermon. Always a treat to hear proclaimed at the paschal liturgy.

I agree. And now I really need to deliver a great index!

I won't attend, alas, as the conference is too far away for me to reasonably travel. But I do appreciate the invite. It's nice, as a freelancer working on the book, to be recognized.

I think the US lawsuits are only for Americans? I'll see what happens. I'm not aware of one in Canada right now.

Thanks, Jola. Sounds like there are a couple of class action lawsuits already underway. I'm curious to see how that plays out. This tool from The Atlantic just makes it all more visible, which is perhaps good as more people realize they are affected?

And is all this training really doing AI any good? Still not impressed by the writing and editing that generative AI produces. Perhaps there is value for AI somewhere, but it is not writing. Real humans only, please. 5/

Another takeaway: it is not just the big-name authors affected by having their work stolen to train AI. Even nobodies like me writing about a niche professional program are being caught up. 4/

I feel somewhat resigned to companies like Meta getting ahold of my writings to train their AIs. I mean, what am I going to do against Meta? Though I suppose that is how they justify stealing people's work, knowing that the average person lacks the resources to fight back. 3/

It looks like Meta has also pirated other Indexer articles, as well as a few books on indexing. Obviously I didn't consent to Meta using my writing. 2/

Thanks for the mention! I appreciate it.

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I imagine the publisher thinking, "Screw it! The book is long enough and no one is going to use the TOC anyway." Which may well be true.

Also, no index, which is a shame for a book with about 650 indexable pages. *Sigh

Otherwise, a beautifully designed book.